San Pedro is the capital of Montes de Oca  Canton in the San José Province in  Costa Rica. It is home to the University of  Costa Rica (UCR) as well as other institutions of higher  learning. It has all the services and facilities of any major city.

From San Jose, drive east on Avenida 2 past National Museum; Los Yoses  starts where the road merges into Avenida Central. San Pedro is a little  further ahead, past the traffic circle at the La Hispanidad water fountain. Buses  leave regularly from downtown San Jose to Los Yoses and San Pedro.

San  Pedro is one of the most popular neighborhoods of San Jose. It attracts a  number of young people because of the presence of the largest public university  in the country, UCR.  University of Costa Rica's sprawling green campus has more than 50 species  of native and exotic trees with a lot of birds. It celebrates "University Week," the last week of April with  music concerts and parades.

A  more youthful part of town, there are a number of good restaurants and bars  surrounding the university campus as well as several affordable hotels. The bar  scene here is probably the best in the city.  The most famous party street is Calle La Amargura.

San  Pedro has one of the best malls in the city, the Mall San Pedro.  It is a large towering mall with all kinds of  shops, restaurants and a movie theatre.  There is also a roller rink Salon de Patines Music near the mall, just east  of La Hispanidad water fountain.

The quiet residential district of Los Yoses has a number of foreign embassies  and diplomatic enclaves in its vicinity.   There are several Language Institutes in this area as well. An  upper-middle-class area, it is the most upscale part of Eastern San Jose.  Situated very close to downtown it takes only 5 to 10 minutes to get here by  taxi or bus.

The hotels in the area are also quite  economical, with several small bed and breakfast and hostel options. This part  of the city is a great place to stay in if you wish to avoid the noise, yet  stay close to the heart of downtown.